Joseph Stephenson

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Life

Born: 1723

Died: 1810

Biography

Joseph Stephenson was a composer of parochial psalmody (West Gallery music) and clerk of the Unitarian congregation at the Hill Street meeting house in PooleLink to the English Wikipedia article. His first book, Church Harmony Sacred to Devotion (first edition 1757) included a commendatory letter of review from William Knapp, who was the parish clerk of St James' Church, PooleLink to the English Wikipedia article and an established composer.

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List of choral works

Anthems

Canticles

  • Te Deum
  • Jubilate

Canons

  • Lord, tune my heart to sing thy praise
  • My lot is fallen in that blest land

Secular songs

Metrical psalms, hymns and carols

Arrangements of Stephenson's works by other composers

 
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Publications

External links

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